Deefstes
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Bob said it before, but a great diver would never get there in the first place...
This sounds beautiful but I'm not sure I really buy it. Or more accurately, I should say, as an unexperienced diver I sincerely hope this is not true because I don't believe that anyone is always 100% in control of his circumstances. For one, no matter how great a diver is, you have no control over what stupid things other divers with or around you might get up to.
I've heard and read too many stories of supposedly great divers who encountered problems, some who have even died. Sheck Exley is a case in point. Is the mere fact that he eventually died diving enough to say that he wasn't a great diver then?
Look, I can agree that great divers would be better at staying out of troublesome situations but in my humble and novice opinion I don't think it is accurate to say that a great diver "would never get there in the first place".
And, to be honest, as a novice I am more impressed with those who are so good that they can get out of a pinch than those who are so good that they've never know what a pinch is like.